Hello again.....

Hi to all!

Wow, it's been almost a year since I have posted here. So sorry about that. I'm hoping to do some more posting soon.

We added a new addition to our family last May and it's been a roller-coaster ride ever since....well, a little before he was born, too! :0)

God is doing some awesome things in our lives. How about you? I hope so. We must keep seeking Him, the life-changing things He's always doing, continually giving praise, always soaking Him up. I want to be consumed by Him, don't you?

Thoughts and Tidbits on Revival

Josiah Generation at 940 S. McCrary Street in Woodbury, TN is in REVIVAL! We are in the midst of a Great Awakening and a powerful presence of God that is changing people. His presence is bringing life to dry bones, delivering those in bondage, and totally transforming lives.

I am overwhelmed and in awe at what God is doing and just thought I'd post a few tidbits that our pastors, Jr. & Loretta Rhodes have said during our services:

He is the Pearl of Great Price.....do we value Him enough?

Revival is passion, priority and commitment.

When God shows up the division that is already in the church becomes stirred up. Most people will blame the division on the Spirit of God/Revival....but, it was already there and God just revealed it.

Revival is: A fight for the restoration of the honor of God in the earth.

Revival restores the church to its original pattern--it's not an option.

Revival is not a fight to get the Kingdom of God to come, it's a fight to get our "kingdom" to go.

Martyrs are not those who look down the barrel of a gun, but those who decide life is not about them, but about giving their all to Jesus.

Satan cannot hold back a move of God--only I can hold back God.

Our worship of God must exceed our comfort.

The more of Jesus I get, the more I want!

Begin to live life out of who HE is, not who I am.

Deeper Still

I've been reading a little from Heidi Baker's book Expecting Miracles. I just picked it up last night at this place:

When Ezekiel was drawn by the angel of the Lord, deeper and deeper into the river of God, eventually the water came up to his waist, and it was a river he could not cross. The water was deep enough to swim in. Ezekiel had come to the place of immersion. This is the place I am continually contending to be in my life. I pray there would be a holy hunger that rises up in you, too, so that you would begin contending for a life of full submersion and enter the place where your will is totally subject to His will, your spirit subject to His spirit. This is the place where the miracles can begin to happen.

The more immersed in God you become, the less of a grip "normal" life has on you. Circumstances throw themselves against you, but you remain unmoved.

Wow! How powerful! This is right where I want to be. I want to be immersed in the river of God, my will subject to His will, my spirit subject to His spirit.

What about you? Are you hungry for more of God?
(Ezekiel 47:1-12)

Psalm 51

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Lord, I long for a pure heart to follow after You. Help my heart to be pure and help me to follow Your direction in my life.

Where is the Battlefield?

We are in a spiritual war. The location of this war, more often than not, is in our very own mind.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (NIV)

³And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. ⁴The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 2:1-3 (New International Version)

¹As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, ²in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. ³All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature^a]">[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.


If we allow one single thought that is not of God into our minds and dwell on it for too long, we will allow a stronghold to be built in our lives.

So, what is a stronghold and how does this happen?

A stronghold is anything in our lives that prohibits us from being or doing our best for God.

How are they developed?

1. They begin with ungodly thoughts.

Matthew 15:17-20 (NIV)

¹⁷"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? ¹⁸But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' ¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. ²⁰These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "

Philippians 4:6-8 (NIV)

⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)

³For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. ⁴The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. ⁵We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2. If we allow the thoughts and do not take them captive, they will turn into imaginations.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)

⁵We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Genesis 11:1-6 (KJV)

¹And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

²And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

³And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

⁴And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

⁵And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

⁶And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

3. If we do not cast down the imaginations, they will become a stronghold.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (King James Version)

⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

This is pretty powerful when you look at the supporting scriptures. Wow! My thoughts is where it all begins. That means that what I think about is VERY important. I'd better not dwell on things when I've been:

wronged
mistreated
ignored
betrayed
cheated
denied
rejected
unloved
etc., etc., etc.

As believers we will have all of these in our lives at one point or another. It's important to not dwell on them, but to think about good things. In essence we should always be "counting our blessings", not our disappointments. We should make lists of our blessings, not the things that will hinder our walk with God.

I want to be free of strongholds, don't you?

How Long Will You Waver Between 2 Opinions?

1 Kings 18:21
"Elijah went before the people and said, 'How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal is God, follow him.' But the people said nothing."

The Winds of War
by Dustin Smith
The Lion of the tribe of Judah is roaring in the wilderness
His Kingdom is advancing and destroying all the powers of darkness
He's looking for His sons and daughters that they may be revealed
Those who fear Him and those who do His will

There are many giants that are trying to take our land
They come against us with sword and spear in their hands
But we come against them in the name of the Lord God Almighty
He's the Lord of hosts the God of the Angel Armies

Can you feel the fire? Can you see the rain?
Can you hear the winds of war are blowing in?

Let the nations tremble and fall on their knees
Let the church arise let it wake from its sleep
Let the earth be shaken hear the heavens roar
Sound the battle cry this is a holy war

How long will you waver between two opinions
If the Lord is God then stop chasing Baal and following him
God of Elijah turn your ear and hear our call
Rend the heavens and let us feel Your fire fall

Let us feel your fire. Let us see the rain
Let us hear your winds of war are blowing in

Let the nations tremble and fall on their knees
Let the church arise let it wake from its sleep
Let the earth be shaken hear the heavens roar
Sound the battle cry this is a holy war.

Let's not be a 'nothing speaking' people. Let's be a people that will choose God and speak for Him!!! Let's stand up and fight this war!!!

We Have Power In Jesus Christ

Jesus has all power!! When we are born again, we, too can have the power that He has. He fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah 61 and tells about it here in the passage in Luke.....

Luke 4:16-21

16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. 17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, 21and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."


Isaiah 61

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,

2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,

3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.

We, too have this power! Hallelujah! Why are we not using it? Why are we not seeing deliverance? Healings? Miracles? I think it is because we have become apathetic Christians. We are too prosperous and fat in this great nation. We don't want anything badly enough. We are not grieved by the works of the enemy badly enough to want to tear down his strongholds. We'd rather live with them in complacency than confront them. How sad and pitiful we've become. I want this power! Do you?

Jesus said in John 14:12-14....

12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

We are beginning to ask Jesus for His power to equip us for this type of ministry, because we want to see people saved and delivered. When they get saved we need to immediately pray for deliverance and cast out demons, so people are no longer tormented by them. There are too many Christians sitting on the pews in churches who are tormented by demons that are residing in them or hanging onto them. Why do we allow their very existence? We need wisdom and discernment to call them what they are and send them back to the very pit of hell.

God is beginning to do some mighty things and we are humbled to be a part of it. We just want to be His vessels. Are you ready to let God operate through you in a mighty way? Begin to pray and seek Him....He will show you what to do and how.